Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-01-21
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.


amendment the house bill granting the St.
Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railroad
e company the right OF way through In
dian reservations in Northern Mon
tana and Northwestern Dakota. This
amendment was the addition OF the word
Operation to the bin, SO as to make it
read; THE rights OF the Indians shall be
ton OF the road" Mr.. Sherman intro
ducea bill! to reimburse the depositors OF
the Freedman Bank OF Washington.
Senator Cu!lom has announced that he
hoped to get a vote on the Interstate com.
merce bin shortly. He no longer has such
hopes u vote will be taken this week but it
is not certain that that even will be posi-
BILE. Itseems more probable that the debate
wihcontinue to Wednesday Of next week.
Senator Edmunds, from the committee
ON the Judiciary, recently reported favora-
bly, an amendment to the legislative, ex
ecutjve and judicial appropriation bill,
making an appropriation OF SlO,0 to
enable the com missioner OF labor to collect
and to report to congress statistics rela.
tive to marriage and divorce in the United
States.
HoUsE-Ths bill Creating 81 department
OF agriculture and labor, passed the house.
It provides:
There s;,al be at the seat OF government
an executive department. tee be known as
the department IT agriculture and
labor under the control Of Il secretary
OF agriculture and labor and an as
sistant secretary. There shall be in
tho department Of agriculture and labor q
division which shall be ln9er the charge OF
commissioner O! labor who shall hold
his office for four years anI until his sue
cessor shall be pointed, unless sooner
removed, and shalt receive Il salary OF
$1,000 n year. The commissioner shall
collect Information upcn the subject OF
labor its relation to capital. the hours OF
labor, the rate Of wages the cost OF pro-
ductlOn OF the articles pre- lucttl. the earn
lngs OF laboring men and women. the means
OF promoting their material. social, intel
lectual and moral prosperity, aud the best
means to protect life and prevent
accident in mines workshops. fact cries
and other places oil industry. The
secretary is empowered to enquire into the
causes OF discomfort which may exist be-
tween employers and employees within the
United States. and he may invite and hear
sworn statements from both such parties
concerning tho matter in controversy.
The bill appropriating $500, 900 for Il
building at Charleston, 5. c., passed with
the amount reduced to 100000.
SENATE.--The senate spent the DAYS
session in discussing the Reagan Cullom
railway bill.
HousE.-The Tucker Edmunds bill pass.
ed the house last week after only
four hours OF debate without n division.
The bill takes the Mormon hierarchy by
the throat and practically places the en-
tire government of the territory OF
Utah into the hands Of the federal govern.
merit except the lower branch OF the terri
torinl legislature.
The provisions OF the bill as passed are:
+bo Ia ye, bpo o,od ifa ~
any person prosecuted for bighmy,
pOiygamy or unlawful cohabita-
ton a competent witness against
the accused, and provides Tor the registra.
ton OF all marriages, ,naking it {. mis-
demeanor Tor any person to violate the
provisions relative to such registration.
1t annuls all territorial laws providing for
the identification OF the votes OF electors
sst'eny election, and also all laws confer.
ring on the territorial courts the power to
determine divorce cases, and abol
ishes woman suffrage in Utah.
Penalties are prescribed for unlawful
sexual intercourse, and polygamy is
defined as a marriage between one person
Of one and more than one VI another sex
and is declared to be n felony. The finan-
oiatcorporations known as the Church oil
Latter Day Saints and the Perpetual
Emigration Friend company are dis.
solved, and the attorney general il
directed to wind them up by process
OF court. All laws for the organization o
the militia OF the territory and the crea
ton OF the Nauvoc Legion are annulled
Polygnmists are made ineligible to vote
and q test oath is presided to all persons
desiring TO vote that they will obey tn,
laws OF the United States, and especiall,
the laws in respect to the crimes defined il
this and the original Edmunds act.
sBsNArE:-The senate adopted = resolu
tion offered by Mr.. Vest directing tho sec
rotary OF the treasury to furnish g. full
statement by itemized account Of all mon
ey paid out On account OF prosecutions Q
federal officers Of tho department.
i, 1885. with a list OF agent
or employees engaged in such prosecutions
the amount pa id them and for what specfi
service, etc. The senate bill to pay NJ. t
Mortlecai $:s5. 991 in full compensation 10
carrying the mails from Charleston, s. C.
to Havana, Cuba. between October. 1853
aud July. 1860, passed. Mr.. Cameron il
trtNiucetl Il bill for the appointment 3
commissioners to represent the fedora
government at the centennial celebration
of the forming and PRONUNCIATION OF tn
constitution, to be held in Philadelphia.
Mr. Plumb introduced the following bill
UO:give to United States courts the pow
er fto,deterIn!ne all questions concernin
rthe"right OF eminont domain OF the Unite
States within the counti les OF the Cherc
Ases. Chickaanwa, Creeks, Choctaws in,
'seniinoles, under the treaties OF the tribe
with the United States, and all question
'OEhamage TO any property Of any III 'thes
'tIihes resulting from the entering upon o
occupation OF their territory by individu
hlsor corporations under an alleged leas
"of'itnd or grant OF right OF way through
theilands OF these Indians.
The president sent the following nonl
nHtions OF consuls by the senate recently
JohnH. Campbell, California at Auckland
Henry II. Peudleton, West Virginia, q
Southampton. he
Mr.. Evarts delivered - long speech o.
the Iuter.State Commerce bill.
HousE.--Mr. Bland reported back TIL
resolution calling upon the secretary q
thu treasury for information as to til
monthly purchases and coinage OF silve
haring't the last fiscal year, and the first si
months OF the present fiscal year also in
formation as to whether the law requirin
the purchase anc coinage OF not less tina,
$2,OO0OOO worth Of silver ballion ha
been complied WITH Adopted. The FOL
lowing bills passed: '
Authorizing the service OF civil aGd crimi
nal process issued by asAy territorial cour
within lndian and military reservation
and the Yellowstone National Park
amending the law regulating the rsmova
otcauses from State to federal courta: pro
vidins for the bringing OF suits against tn,
governments OF the United States. y "
The bill regarding the removal OF csuse.
from state to federal courts as passed b.
the house provides: ~, =
1t increases the minimum iurisdictx OF
of the circuit courts from $500 tt
Fl $4,000; takes away from. the circuit
courts jurisdiction; causes in favor 9
assignee's OF promissory notes and bin
OF exchange. and restricts to the deiendan.